BARE

Staying visible where others want to erase you. In times when trans*, queer and racialised bodies are once again becoming a projection surface for political fear fantasies, visibility is a survival strategy. And a form of power. BARE Lebenswelten #1: IDAHOBIT trifft Roma Resistance Day Edition brings together voices, messages, texts and perspectives of Rom*nja who are queer, trans, non-binary or simply unclassifiable.

This first edition of Lebenswelten is loud – not despite but because of the violence and erasure (of any kind) that many experience: in the family, in the housing market, in the asylum system, in the media,in academia, in arts and in the healthcare system.

We show what is often ignored: That Queer Roma live and fight. And love – as memory and future. That the narrative that Roma* are “traditionally” queer-hostile is not only colonial, but dangerous.This event is also a space of care and collective resistance – of all those who are not invited in the room but stubbornly keep going against all odds!

Panel Discussion with:

• Joschla Melanie Weiß – Co-founder of the Rom*nja Power Theater Collective, Actress
• Vera Kurtić – Author of Džuvljarke: Roma Lesbian Existence
• Dr. Dezső Máté – Writer, Romani Rose PostDoc Researcher
• Patricia – Drag Performer, Trans Activist

Music: Lazlorrobot Homorrobot

Film Screening: Narrow Path to Happiness, directed by Kata Oláh, HU 2023

Moderation: Cat Jugravu

Languages: EN/DE